generations

The general depiction of art that comes to mind when thinking of beautiful art pieces were all created in the intellectual movement known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance, "New Birth", was a time when life was brought back into the work of writers and artists, and a clarified view as to the definition of art was revealed and shared by all. Breathtaking work done by geniuses such as Michael Angelo and Leonardo da Vinci shaped the definition of true art.

I think that texting is a good thing, I don't really see why it is bad. What if you need to talk to someone about something personal and all your friends are around? Everyone says that teens text way to much but the fact is, that we all text not just teens and so what kids have ore friends then adults and we like to keep in touch with each other so we text instead of calling. Texting is easier too. We don't text that much trust me. 2,750 texts per month and 88 texts per day isn't that bad, I personally don't think that's a lot.

I don't agree with Mitch at all in his article, http://personal.crocodoc.com/ApaB0SM . He has been raised in a totally different lifetime then kids. He may find it weird to send all those messages in 1 day, but that's just how our generation is.

Something that I have been interested in learning about, is if manners have changed in America. Ever since we were little, we’ve had our parents teach us to say “please, and thank you”, and to respect our elders, but growing older, do we actually still do this? What made me interested in this topic is the fact that I’ve witnessed teens disrespect adults, and have seen doors being held open for people without the person walking in acknowledging them. I personally learned manners from my mother.

How many times have you heard your parents say, "You need to be careful, people are crazy and the world isn't what it used to be when I was growing up," or something along those lines? I know I hear it daily.

Of course, the world is much different from when they were growing up, but I can guarantee that their parents were saying the same thing to them when they were our age. I believe that they are just trying to be good parents, but a little over protective. I say this, because unlike them, we have grown up in this fast changing world, and we know how to live in it.

I have started to write my first draft of my research paper on generations and I finally was able to summarize the characteristics, and personalities of the four most recent generations in American History. The are the (Baby) Boomer (1943-1960), Thirteenth or X (1961-1981), Millennial or Y (1982-1994), and Z (1995-2012). The dates are the when the generations were born.

The study of generations is a way to look at how society evolves. It is a way to see how a cohort-group of people who grow up under the same conditions see the world, interact with the world, and change the world. Although this is an interesting sect of sociology, caution must been taken when looking at and classifying people in different generations.

A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement. She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”